FPL Challenge is BACK for 2025/26, and these are the first three challenges for the new season.
The majority of the challenges this season will require managers to select a six-a-side team, set out in any of the following formations: 1-2-2, 2-1-2, 2-2-1, 3-1-1, 1-3-1 and 1-1-3, featuring no budget restrictions.
Gameweek 1: “Instant Impact”
The opening Gameweek sees DOUBLE points awarded for any club’s new signings.
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Players must meet a few criteria to technically be considered a new signing, as outlined below.
- New signings who moved to a Premier League club or a new Premier League club on or after 1 June 2025
- Players previously on loan at their current clubs but whom signed permanently on or after 1 June 2025
- Youth players who have yet to appear in a matchday squad at a first-team level for their respective clubs
This does NOT, however, apply to players making their Premier League debut for a promoted club if they have already featured for that club in the past.
And don’t worry if that’s all a little too much to remember; the player filter toggle when first selecting your team will allow you to view only those players who meet all the above criteria to earn double points in Gameweek 1.
Gameweek 2: “The Promoted”
For Gameweek 2, the challenge focuses on this season’s promoted trio of Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland.
Only players from those three clubs can earn DOUBLE points, with the per-club player limit expanded to THREE.
Gameweek 3: “The Shield”
When we reach Gameweek 3, the challenge centres around a brand-new FPL feature: Defensive Contributions.
This new avenue to points is included in the traditional FPL game mode, too. But in FPL Challenge, the defensive contribution threshold - a combined total of 10 clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles (CBIT) in a single match for defenders, and 12CBIT for midfielders and forwards - being reached earns a player 10 points, instead of the usual two.
The Gameweek 3 challenge reverts back to a limit of one player per club.